Chapter 375: Twenty-five cents and a pound of grain
How Tuyuhun was destroyed, they knew very well, it was all given by the Tang Dynasty, so they would never allow such a thing to happen in the land of Tubo.
"His Royal Highness Taisun, this is our dance ...... Tibet"
Some of the ministers below see it very seriously, they have to change the topic, if these two people continue to talk, in case there is any dispute here, the relationship between the two countries may not be easy, Li Xiang is not an ordinary Tang Dynasty emperor.
Li Xiang also picked up the wine glass with a smile, and then clinked glasses with the Tubo officials next to him, and even walked to the bottom of the high platform, and drank a glass with these people one by one, at least this approachable attitude made the nobles present very satisfied, on the other hand, Lu Dongzan's side, this guy still had a face.
Many old aristocrats are dissatisfied with this person, how the hell do you receive VIPs? Don't you know what the situation is in China now? Are you embarrassed to say that you are the first wise man in Tibet, is this the reception method that your stupid brain came up with? If you make the people of Datang unhappy, then it is still a matter whether we can live in the future, and drinking a drink will make you drink so much trouble.
Songtsen Gampo stood in the distance and didn't hear what the two were talking about, but Songtsen Gampo also felt that Lu Dongzan was a bit excessive, and people who do great things must be happy and angry, what are you doing now? Li Xiang's face has not changed, he has always been the same smiling appearance, as the prime minister of our Tubo, you have always had a bitter face, and in this case, you are embarrassed for us Tubo.
When Li Xiang came back again, Li Xiang had already drunk with the people around him, and the Tubo people also admired the real people very much, especially the real people with a large amount of alcohol, when Li Xiang drank with them just now, these people admired Li Xiang's drinking, few people in this circle were able to walk down, but Li Xiang didn't have anything to do after drinking, these people also gave a thumbs up in their hearts, if it weren't for the reason for this kind of dinner, many of them wanted to have a good drink with Li Xiang, especially some generals.
"Your Highness, please."
After about ten minutes, Lu Dongzan also calmed down his mentality, and there was already a smile on his face when he picked up the wine glass, Li Xiang didn't care about what happened just now, or the original smile, which made everyone praise again, saying that Li Xiang is a broad-minded person, but when someone said these four words, he happened to be heard by Lu Dongzan, is Lao Tzu a narrow-minded person?
"Prime Minister, please."
When Li Xiang was drinking, his eyes swept over the food on the table intentionally or unintentionally, although they had tried their best to hide it, but in addition to a large amount of meat, there was not much food to do, you must know that in the official banquet, the dishes made of grain were very few, but it could not be said that there were none, now many things have been cut off, you can imagine what the situation of the whole Tubo is.
"Since His Highness just talked about food, then we don't want to see each other more, why don't we take this opportunity tonight to talk about everything?"
Lu Dongzan said a little unhappily, Li Xiang's behavior of observing the dinner table just now did not escape his eyes, if you want to talk about observation, Lu Dongzan will definitely not admit defeat.
"There is no problem at all, I am responsible for transporting the grain to Tuyuhun, and you are responsible for transporting the grain back from Tuyuhun, and the price is set at 25 wen a catty."
When Li Xiang said this, Lu Dongzan finally couldn't hold it back, and the wine in his mouth squirted out directly, taking the current grain price in Tubo as an example, the most expensive is also three or four yuan a catty, you directly increased the price eight times, do you think your grain is gold?
"Is Your Highness joking? You Han people have a relatively long history, and we Tibetans have a relatively short history, but no matter whether it is long or short, I am afraid that the price of grain has never reached this price. ”
Lu Dongzan said very angrily, you are clearly treating us as fools, the price of grain in Chang'an City can be bought for two catties for a penny, but when you get here, it becomes twenty-five yuan a catty, and your price has increased by fifty times, even if you add the freight between the two places, it will be at least more than thirty times.
"Don't worry, Prime Minister, food has always been a hard currency, whether it is in peacetime or war, food naturally has its value, even more valuable than the gold and silver in our hands, because at the critical time the grain can be eaten, but these gold and silver are not edible, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, our grain in some areas once reached more than 100 wen a catty, at that time, as long as you can buy food, no one will look at the price, I think you have reached that time now."
In the heyday, the price of grain must be very low, because the people of the whole country are farming, even if there are some natural disasters and the like, but the area of Datang is relatively large, and many places can still produce a lot of grain.
However, if in the turbulent era, when wars were going on everywhere in the country, and the number of people who grew grain was about three or four percent at most, and only three or four percent of the original grain had to be supplied to the whole country's expenditure, then the price of grain would have to rise, and although the price offered by Li Xiang now was a bit outrageous, it was far from the price that had reached the war.
"Then our cooperation can only end here, I don't want to buy such food from you, even if other merchants want to make my money, I think that around fifteen yuan, they are already crazy to transport to my side, you don't think that your border is the same as iron, in fact, there are loopholes everywhere."
Lu Dongzan said very arrogantly, according to his original plan, the price of grain can be raised to eight cents a catty, so that many businessmen come desperately, even if Li Xiang blocks the border, but other places can also transport grain in, but the price is a little more expensive, no matter what, it is impossible to reach Li Xiang's price, it is twenty-five cents, you just go and grab it.
"It's okay, the business is not benevolent, I'll stay here for a few days, the prime minister might as well contact them quickly, but then again, if the prime minister comes to me next time, the price will be forty yuan, if I return to Tuyuhun, then this price is sixty yuan, and the prime minister can understand in his heart."
Li Xiang's words made Lu Dongzan feel frightened...